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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-6232): Python vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2024-6232): Python vulnerabilities

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/03/2024
Created
09/18/2024
Added
09/17/2024
Modified
11/20/2024

Description

There is a MEDIUM severity vulnerability affecting CPython. Regular expressions that allowed excessive backtracking during tarfile.TarFile header parsing are vulnerable to ReDoS via specifically-crafted tar archives.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python2-7-minimal
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-10
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-10-minimal
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-12
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-12-minimal
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-5-minimal
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-8
  • ubuntu-pro-upgrade-python3-8-minimal

References

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